Mehmed İsmail Efendi
Born 1884/85 (AH 1302) · Komotini (Gümülcine) · Dated entries 1897 to 1905 (AH 1315 to 1322)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA. DH. SAİDd., 101/393
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
The life
Mehmed İsmail Efendi was born in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1884/85 (AH 1302). Schooling included Gümülcine İbtidai Mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
Service began in Komotini (Gümülcine) in 1897/98 (AH 1315). Dated career entries span 1897/98 (AH 1315) to 1904/05 (AH 1322) across 8 AH years, from Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi to Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu, beginning with Evkaf kalemi mülazımı. More than one post or place appears in 4 of those years. Place names include Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi, Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi, Koşukavak–Mestanlı yolu and Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu. [1]
Monthly pay went from 50 kuruş in 1900/01 (AH 1318) to 300 kuruş in 1904/05 (AH 1322); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1903/04 (AH 1321). [1]
Life and career
Follow 7 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 7 · Komotini (Gümülcine)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
5 stops kept as text without a verified locality point. No provincial capital is substituted.
1 1884/85 (AH 1302)
Komotini (Gümülcine)
Birth
2 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Komotini (Gümülcine) / Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi
First work as recorded
Calculated age 13
Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi
Evkaf kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 13
3 1898/99 (AH 1316)
Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi
Not yet located on the map: Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi
Evkaf kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 14
Continuing service as described
4 1899/1900 (AH 1317)
Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi / Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi; Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi
Gümülcine Sancağı Evkaf Kalemi
Evkaf kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 15
Continuing service as described
Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 15
5 1900/01 (AH 1318) · 3 recorded years
Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi
AH entries: 1318, 1319, 1320. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi
Tahrirat kalemi mülazımı
Calculated age 16
Continuing service as described
Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi
70 kuruşCalculated age 18
6 1903/04 (AH 1321)
Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi / Place not recorded / Koşukavak–Mestanlı yolu / Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi; Location not recorded; Koşukavak–Mestanlı yolu; Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu
Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi
Tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi
70 kuruşCalculated age 19
Continuing service as described
Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu
Muvakkat tarik katibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 19
7 1904/05 (AH 1322)
Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu / Place not recorded
Within-year entry order unresolved
Not yet located on the map: Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu; Location not recorded
Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu
Muvakkat tarik katibi
300 kuruşCalculated age 20
Continuing service as described
Place not recorded
Infisal
Calculated age 20
1 entry without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- Muvakkat tarik katibi · Sultanyeri · Undated · 250 kuruş Entry & evidence → Source [1]
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
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How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900/01 (AH 1318) | 50 | 400 | 140 to 1,500 | 2.2% | 1761 |
| 1901/02 (AH 1319) | 50 | 400 | 150 to 1,520 | 2.0% | 1666 |
| 1902/03 (AH 1320) | 70 | 400 | 150 to 1,500 | 2.8% | 1627 |
| 1903/04 (AH 1321) | 300 | 405 | 150 to 1,450 | 29.0% | 1578 |
| 1904/05 (AH 1322) | 300 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 29.3% | 1493 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Gümülcine Tahrirat Kalemi50 to 70
- Gümülcine–Mestanlı yolu300
- Koşukavak–Mestanlı yolu250
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Komotini (Gümülcine)63 other officialsAHMED ŞÜKRÜ EFENDİ born 1883/84 (AH 1301); highest salary 250 kuruş
- 1897/98 (AH 1315)162 other officialsAhmed Edib Efendi first annual entry 1897/98 (AH 1315); highest salary 1,100 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahvâl Defterlerine göre Osmanlı bürokrasisinde Gümülcineli devlet adamları
ŞEHADET ORAN · 2025 · Pages 99, 100, 101
197 BOA. DH. SAİDd., 101/393.
Read the original source accounts · 19 source entries →
The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 8 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 18 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.